Just so we're clear, this is more than women I know got for literally being raped by guards in federal custody

Just to be very clear: The Trump DOJ is stealing $1.2 million of your money to gift one of Trump’s cronies, who pled guilty to the crimes he was charged with, and whose suit against the government had already been tossed by a judge.

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Cops in Laredo were tired of Priscilla Villarreal reporting stories they did not like. In 2017, they arrested her for texting two questions to a source in the police department. She sued, but a lower court gave the cops qualified immunity. The Supreme Court rejected her appeal this week.

BREAKING: Judge Rossie Alston (again) dismisses Ric Grenell's lawsuit against Olivia Troye — this time with prejudice — after finding that his amended complaint "has not pled facts sufficient to show defamatory meaning" and "fails to establish defamation per se."

Yes hello my improv team has advanced to round 2 of the 2026 Fighting Improv Smackdown Tournament and we’ll be performing again on Saturday at 7 pm. Audience votes—by secret ballot!—on the winners. https://witdc.org/performances/match-24-tbd-featuring-lizard-girl/

Aaaand a second flip:

One major subplot here: Governor Ron DeSantis tried to delay this special election, and Gregory and Dems went to court to force him to call it earlier than he planned. They succeeded.

JUST IN: Democrats tonight have flipped a GOP-held state House seat in Florida. And not just any seat: This is the district that contains Mar-a-Lago. (It voted for Trump by 11% in 2024). That's right: Trump will now be represented by a Democrat, Emily Gregory, in Tallahassee.

She wasn't hired for ratings. She was hired as part of an ongoing fascist ideological project. So she is succeeding.

I may be projecting, but I think most people would be furious to learn that airlines give members of Congress a “special service desk.”

His approval rating is both comically low and comically high.

Minnesota officials filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday accusing the Trump administration of withholding evidence related to three shootings by federal officers, including the shooting deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

SHUTDOWN SANCTIONS? After DHS Stopped FOIA Production, DOJ Cited Political Question Doctrine - Now SDNY Judge Furman Calls DOJ's Argument "Borderline Sanctionable" - Inner City Press courtroom story: innercitypress.com/sdny147furma...

Yikes.

I support free public transit but I draw the line at delivering anything to Yankees fans.

Markets Surge After Trump Claims He Had Sex With An Angel https://theonion.com/markets-surge-after-trump-claims-he-had-sex-with-an-angel/

I can’t believe an iceberg felled the first episode of Star Trek. No wonder they replaced Captain Pike. #NeverSkeet

John Lewis photobombs ICE from the grave.

NEW: Lawyers seek full Fifth Circuit review of mandatory immigration detention decision. A 2-1 panel of the Fifth Circuit sided with the Trump admin in February — splitting with the vast majority of judges to consider the matter. Now, an attempt to reverse that. Read the document at Law Dork:

Playbook for GOP in today's oral argument in Watson: Step 1: Spread the lie that mailed ballots changing preliminary results are evidence of fraud. Step 2: Cite voters' resulting diminished confidence in elections to sympathetic GOP-packed SCOTUS. Step 3: Sit back and enjoy the fruits of your labor.

He looks really good for a 116 year old. #NeverSkeet

SCOTUS reverts to norm on qualified immunity today, summarily reversing a denial of QI for cop who manhandled a protester in Vermont and declining to hear appeal of a citizen journalist in Texas who was was arrested for soliciting information from a police officer.

The Supreme Court refuses to review the 5th Circuit's extremely dubious ruling against Rodney Reed's request for a DNA test, which could prove the death row inmate's innocence. (There is a very good chance he is innocent!) All three liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

My opponent, @tomsuozzi.bsky.social, was one of 7 dems who voted to give these ghouls more funding in late January. Our Congressional Reps should know what is going on in the ICE camps. Either Suozzi knew and enabled it, or he is not paying attention. Either is inexcusable. www.votewelch.com

Apparently William Shatner turned 95 today and I had … not realized he was that old.

There has been an attempt to get the DNC to do this since at least 2009 (and probably well before), and it has never been even slightly interested. Would be very interesting indeed if it finally decided on a strategy that incorporated investment.

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia is just one person caught up in the Trump Administration's cruel deportation efforts, but it's illuminating to document how the Trump team has persisted in efforts to punish him for having fought back against them. He's agreed to removal to Costa Rica. They insist on Liberia.

Hello people, this is an excellent time to consider vegetarianism.

“If you don’t approve this settlement, I will destroy you,” lobbyist Mike Davis told Gail Slater, then head of DOJ’s antitrust div. (Davis denies.)This gift @wsj.com article details alleged corruption/patronage in DOJ, starring Davis & others. ... 1/2 www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Better late than never. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

BREAKING: Federal judge tosses out provisions in Pentagon’s new press policy — which most longtime reporters refuse to sign on to — as violations of the First and Fifth Amendments. Background: www.lawdork.com/p/doj-is-bar... Opinion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I appear to have conducted oral argument at the 4th Circuit.

This is a very important report from @davidkurtz.bsky.social, who was in court for this shocking hearing today. And, Judge Gallagher has, in an order, made clear what she expects tomorrow: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Here we go on this again.

I appear to be in Richmond, VA.

Bingo.

A nearly 40% drop in IUD insertions is devastating, as is the fact that 23 Planned Parenthood clinics closed after the bill became law—many in states where abortion is still legal. Making this policy permanent would decimate the healthcare safety net

🗑️ www.macrumors.com/2026/03/19/t...

Awful. A teenager, dead by suicide in an ICE detention center. There is now a crisis of suicide inside the detention system; I have never seen anything like it. Suicide has happened before, but they were very rare. This is the third or fourth this year.

“It’s like going to a restaurant, ordering a cheeseburger, and they send a marching band to your table to play trumpets right in your ear and squirt you with a water pistol while trying to sell you towels.”

I shall now join a Microsoft Teams call. #Mondays

Imagine if the Democrats went after corrupt tycoons even half as zealously as the Republicans go after trans kids and immigrants.

"Our brand is so toxic that candidates don't want to associate with us. We never talk about Israel in our ads. We've switched to hiding our involvement while misleading voters with ads hitting our targets from the left. Everything is going great, there are no possible downsides to this plan"

The Vatican's top diplomat on Wednesday called ‌on U.S. President Donald Trump to end the expanding Iran war as soon as possible and suggested Israel should also ​stop its strikes against Lebanon. For @reuters.com

Yikes. (Cesar Chavez)

It's hard to think about retiring from racing, because mushing is, and will always be, a huge part of my life. So I took a journey with my older dogs, who have retired themselves. They've taught me so much over the years; now, they're teaching me to live with change. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/m...

No.